What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manager, Software Systems Engineering position at Terumo BCT?
Requisition ID : 33426
At Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies, our 7,000 global associates proud to come to work each day, knowing that what we do impacts the lives of patients around the world. For Terumo, for Everyone, Everywhere.
We make medical devices and related products that are used to collect, separate, manufacture and process various components of blood and cells. With our innovative technologies and service offerings, we touch a patient's life every second of every day and are committed to continuing to increase the number of patients we serve. Advancing healthcare with heart.
With some of the best and brightest minds in the industry, an unmatched global footprint, comprehensive benefits and a distinct culture, Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies is a great place to work, grow and be part of a team that is focused on making a difference. Join us and help shape wherever we go next. You create your future and ours.
Manager, Software Systems Engineering
JOB SUMMARY
This role leads one of our Software Systems Engineering teams responsible for driving excellence across our medical device software portfolio. You'll combine strategic leadership with technical expertise to optimize software development processes, ensure regulatory compliance, and cultivate high-performing teams. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in modern systems engineering methodologies, requirements excellence, and risk management for medical device software. You'll independently develop objectives and global strategies to achieve business goals, drive quality across the product lifecycle, and devise solutions for complex problems with broad company impact.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES
- Lead and mentor a global Software Systems Engineering team, fostering technical excellence, continuous improvement, and professional development.
- Define and implement product strategies aligned with business goals and regulatory requirements across concurrent product releases.
- Optimize resource allocation, workload management, and long-term capacity planning to ensure successful delivery across multiple projects.
- Drive systems engineering principles within the team and across functions to enhance medical device software development.
- Make informed, data-driven decisions in a fast-paced environment, analyzing complex issues and balancing short-term needs with long-term goals.
- Collaborate cross-functionally to integrate best engineering practices throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Build strong relationships across teams to identify issues early and drive effective system-wide solutions.
- Contribute to strategic planning to set technical objectives for projects and engineering groups.
- Apply technical expertise to evaluate and improve global products and solutions from conception to implementation, ensuring alignment with product and architectural roadmaps.
- Drive safety and cybersecurity risk management process improvements for medical device software.
- Establish and maintain quality management systems ensuring compliance with FDA, ISO, and global regulatory standards.
- Support quality governance activities including audits, submissions, regulatory inspections, and effectiveness reviews.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
Education
Experience
Skills
An equivalent competency level acquired through a variation of these qualifications may be considered.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
Typical Office Environment requirements include : reading, speaking, hearing, close vision, walking, bending, sitting, and occasional lifting up to 20 pounds.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential duties of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.
Additional Physical Requirements
Requires travel based on business needs.
Target Pay Range : $119,500.00 to $149,400.00 - Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data
Target Bonus on Base : 15.0%
At Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies, we provide competitive total reward offerings that consist of compensation, benefits, recognition, along with a wealth of other well-being, work-life and recognition programs which support in unlocking the potential for you and your family. Included in our expansive list of benefits offerings are multiple group medical, dental and vision plans, a robust wellness program, life insurance and disability coverages, also a variety of voluntary programs such as group accident, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance and much more. To help you save for retirement, we offer a 401(k) plan with a matching contribution and for work-life balance we have vacation and sick time programs for associates. For us, it's about protecting the personal welfare of our associates and their families, helping to achieve personal goals and offering those extra touches for convenience, security and overall peace of mind.
Respect - Appreciative of others
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer. All applicants will be afforded equal opportunity without discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, order of protection status, national origin or ancestry, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability unrelated to ability, military status or an unfavorable discharge from military service.
Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies is committed to providing a safe, healthy and secure working environment. Our Colorado campus locations are tobacco-free workplaces, and we maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing and detailed background verification.
Salary : $119,500 - $149,400
